Palmoxylon
Sign in to savePalmoxylon, also called petrified palmwood, is an extinct genus of palm named from petrified wood found around the world.
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- Parent taxon
- Coryphoideae
- Image
- Petrified-Forest-Chemnitz4.JPG
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- taxon name
- Palmoxylon
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Palmoxylon
- start time
- 84900000-0
- end time
- 11600000-0
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- Fossil record
- Distribution
- Description
- Archaeology
- Species
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Palmoxylon, also called petrified palmwood, is an extinct genus of palm named from petrified wood found around the world.
== Fossil record == This genus is known in the fossil record from the Late Cretaceous to the Miocene (from about 84.9 to 11.6 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Germany, Italy (Sardinia), United States, Egypt, Libya and Argentina (Bororó and Salamanca Formations). Many species were described from the Deccan Traps in India.
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